Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 60 65
Rank change year-on-year -55 +5 -12
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 1,550 1,898 3,649
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.66% 4.32% 3.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.25% 4.64% 4.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,103 986 2,713
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £42,600
25th Percentile £55,750 £57,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +11.54% -16.13%
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £114,750 £115,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £66,124 £70,000 £61,206
% change year-on-year -5.54% +14.37% -9.32%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 68,914 40,901 84,819
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.88% 93.19% 83.44%
Number of salaries quoted 45,055 21,599 60,884
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £29,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £40,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.01% +1.93% -9.09%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 1 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -50 1,418 £75,000 +3.45% 700
UK excluding London -105 722 £66,124 -5.54% 414
London 0 707 £85,000 - 350
Work from Home -30 673 £69,310 -0.99% 372
North of England -61 325 £69,310 -3.74% 129
South East -60 176 £67,500 - 108
North West -66 165 £75,000 +7.14% 91
Yorkshire -37 95 £67,153 -7.38% 28
Midlands -87 76 £67,500 - 43
North East +7 65 £65,000 -9.72% 11
South West -87 65 £52,500 -23.39% 57
West Midlands -57 54 £80,000 +14.29% 24
East of England -29 40 £60,100 +0.17% 18
Scotland -72 28 £62,500 -20.70% 22
East Midlands -78 21 £65,000 - 19
Wales -43 10 £53,171 +2.25% 13
Northern Ireland -34 7 £62,500 +25.00% 26
Isle of Man - 3 £35,000 -

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 26 (1.68%) Apache Spark
2 17 (1.10%) Confluence
3 13 (0.84%) IIS
4 12 (0.77%) Apache
4 12 (0.77%) CMS
4 12 (0.77%) OpenStack
5 10 (0.65%) JBoss
5 10 (0.65%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 8 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.39%) WordPress
8 5 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.32%) Camunda
8 5 (0.32%) Drupal
9 4 (0.26%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.26%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.19%) Liferay
11 2 (0.13%) Apache Pulsar
11 2 (0.13%) nginx
11 2 (0.13%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (0.58%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.39%) PlantUML
3 5 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.26%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.065%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.065%) Maya
Business Applications
1 5 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (0.26%) Oracle Retail
2 4 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.13%) Shopify
5 1 (0.065%) Actimize
5 1 (0.065%) Endur
5 1 (0.065%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.065%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.065%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.065%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 831 (53.61%) AWS
2 642 (41.42%) Azure
3 303 (19.55%) GCP
4 243 (15.68%) Serverless
5 155 (10.00%) SaaS
6 137 (8.84%) GitHub
7 132 (8.52%) Azure DevOps
8 117 (7.55%) AWS Lambda
9 102 (6.58%) Amazon S3
10 92 (5.94%) Amazon EKS
11 83 (5.35%) AWS CloudFormation
12 70 (4.52%) Amazon ECS
13 69 (4.45%) Amazon SQS
14 65 (4.19%) Amazon EC2
15 59 (3.81%) Azure Service Bus
16 49 (3.16%) Azure AKS
17 46 (2.97%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 45 (2.90%) GitHub Actions
19 44 (2.84%) Datadog
20 42 (2.71%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 60 (3.87%) Broadband
2 22 (1.42%) Network Security
3 11 (0.71%) DNS
3 11 (0.71%) MQTT
4 8 (0.52%) VPN
5 7 (0.45%) DHCP
5 7 (0.45%) DMARC
5 7 (0.45%) Firewall
5 7 (0.45%) HTTP
6 6 (0.39%) AMQP
6 6 (0.39%) Cisco ASA
6 6 (0.39%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.32%) Internet
7 5 (0.32%) LTE
8 4 (0.26%) RFID
9 3 (0.19%) Hyperconnected
9 3 (0.19%) Modbus
10 2 (0.13%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.13%) SNMP
10 2 (0.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 201 (12.97%) NoSQL
2 197 (12.71%) MongoDB
3 180 (11.61%) PostgreSQL
4 93 (6.00%) MySQL
5 80 (5.16%) Relational Database
5 80 (5.16%) SQL Server
6 75 (4.84%) Elasticsearch
7 58 (3.74%) Azure SQL Database
8 54 (3.48%) DynamoDB
9 44 (2.84%) Amazon RDS
10 39 (2.52%) Redis
11 31 (2.00%) BigQuery
12 29 (1.87%) Big Data
13 24 (1.55%) RDBMS
14 11 (0.71%) Pinecone
15 10 (0.65%) DB2
16 8 (0.52%) Power BI
17 7 (0.45%) Hadoop
18 6 (0.39%) Data Lake
18 6 (0.39%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 194 (12.52%) Git
2 144 (9.29%) GitLab
3 130 (8.39%) Jenkins
4 57 (3.68%) TeamCity
5 44 (2.84%) JUnit
6 41 (2.65%) JIRA
7 37 (2.39%) Cucumber
8 32 (2.06%) Mockito
9 31 (2.00%) CircleCI
10 30 (1.94%) Cypress.io
10 30 (1.94%) Maven
11 27 (1.74%) Claude Code
12 17 (1.10%) SonarQube
13 16 (1.03%) Selenium
14 15 (0.97%) JMeter
14 15 (0.97%) Vite
15 13 (0.84%) Bitbucket
16 9 (0.58%) Postman
16 9 (0.58%) REST Assured
17 8 (0.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 433 (27.94%) Finance
2 299 (19.29%) Social Skills
3 161 (10.39%) Banking
4 132 (8.52%) Public Sector
5 91 (5.87%) Law
6 87 (5.61%) Analytical Skills
7 85 (5.48%) Retail
8 76 (4.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 56 (3.61%) Financial Institution
10 46 (2.97%) Back Office
11 31 (2.00%) Telecoms
12 26 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
13 23 (1.48%) Marketing
14 19 (1.23%) Advertising
15 17 (1.10%) Billing
16 14 (0.90%) Aerospace
17 12 (0.77%) Legal
18 10 (0.65%) Front Office
18 10 (0.65%) Manufacturing
19 9 (0.58%) Games
Job Titles
1 532 (34.32%) Developer
2 393 (25.35%) Senior
3 324 (20.90%) Software Engineer
4 219 (14.13%) Architect
5 212 (13.68%) Lead
6 137 (8.84%) Full-Stack Developer
7 136 (8.77%) Java Developer
8 118 (7.61%) Senior Developer
9 115 (7.42%) Java Engineer
10 110 (7.10%) Senior Software Engineer
11 106 (6.84%) .NET Developer
12 84 (5.42%) Solutions Architect
13 66 (4.26%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 63 (4.06%) Principal Engineer
15 61 (3.94%) Software Developer
16 56 (3.61%) Lead Developer
17 53 (3.42%) DevOps Engineer
18 51 (3.29%) Senior Java Engineer
19 47 (3.03%) Java Software Engineer
20 44 (2.84%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 341 (22.00%) .NET
2 340 (21.94%) React
3 280 (18.06%) Node.js
4 266 (17.16%) Spring
5 265 (17.10%) RESTful
6 237 (15.29%) Spring Boot
7 216 (13.94%) REST
8 199 (12.84%) Kafka
9 136 (8.77%) AngularJS
10 117 (7.55%) .NET Core
11 112 (7.23%) ASP.NET
12 109 (7.03%) Vue
13 86 (5.55%) ASP.NET Core
14 84 (5.42%) gRPC
15 82 (5.29%) HTML
16 74 (4.77%) CSS
17 66 (4.26%) .NET Framework
18 65 (4.19%) RabbitMQ
19 56 (3.61%) OAuth
20 53 (3.42%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 443 (28.58%) Cloud Native
2 270 (17.42%) Distributed Systems
3 108 (6.97%) Product Ownership
4 69 (4.45%) Enterprise Software
5 67 (4.32%) Legacy Systems
6 51 (3.29%) Greenfield Project
7 46 (2.97%) Video\Live Streaming
8 45 (2.90%) Over-the-Top Content
9 36 (2.32%) Algorithms
10 35 (2.26%) Data Structures
11 28 (1.81%) Public Cloud
12 26 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
13 25 (1.61%) Onboarding
14 24 (1.55%) Distributed Architecture
15 23 (1.48%) Mobile App
16 21 (1.35%) AI Agents
16 21 (1.35%) Legacy Applications
17 20 (1.29%) Blockchain
17 20 (1.29%) PKI
18 19 (1.23%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 93 (6.00%) Linux
2 39 (2.52%) Windows
3 20 (1.29%) Unix
4 7 (0.45%) Android
4 7 (0.45%) CentOS
4 7 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.32%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.32%) Debian
5 5 (0.32%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.26%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.065%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 785 (50.65%) CI/CD
2 637 (41.10%) Agile
3 575 (37.10%) Software Engineering
4 570 (36.77%) DevOps
5 391 (25.23%) Full-Stack Development
6 386 (24.90%) Containerisation
7 358 (23.10%) Mentoring
8 327 (21.10%) Test Automation
9 308 (19.87%) Event-Driven
10 297 (19.16%) Continuous Improvement
11 288 (18.58%) AI
12 284 (18.32%) Infrastructure as Code
13 276 (17.81%) Problem-Solving
14 200 (12.90%) Scrum
15 190 (12.26%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 186 (12.00%) Technical Leadership
17 181 (11.68%) Coaching
18 180 (11.61%) TDD
19 178 (11.48%) Clean Code
20 161 (10.39%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 527 (34.00%) Java
2 401 (25.87%) Python
3 351 (22.65%) SQL
4 342 (22.06%) JavaScript
5 321 (20.71%) C#
6 256 (16.52%) TypeScript
7 126 (8.13%) Go
8 51 (3.29%) Scala
9 49 (3.16%) PHP
10 44 (2.84%) Bash
11 43 (2.77%) C++
12 28 (1.81%) C
12 28 (1.81%) Ruby
13 23 (1.48%) PL/SQL
13 23 (1.48%) Rust
14 22 (1.42%) PowerShell
15 19 (1.23%) Kotlin
16 16 (1.03%) Shell Script
17 13 (0.84%) Bicep
17 13 (0.84%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 184 (11.87%) Security Cleared
2 167 (10.77%) Degree
3 122 (7.87%) SC Cleared
4 91 (5.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 59 (3.81%) AWS Certification
6 32 (2.06%) DV Cleared
7 29 (1.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 27 (1.74%) Azure Certification
9 26 (1.68%) CISSP
10 20 (1.29%) Master's Degree
11 18 (1.16%) TOGAF Certification
12 14 (0.90%) DBS Check
12 14 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (0.71%) CISM
14 9 (0.58%) AWS Certified Developer
15 8 (0.52%) PhD
16 5 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
16 5 (0.32%) GIAC
16 5 (0.32%) ISTQB
16 5 (0.32%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (7.03%) QA
2 43 (2.77%) Accessibility
3 34 (2.19%) GDPR
4 33 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 24 (1.55%) PCI DSS
6 23 (1.48%) NIST
7 21 (1.35%) SOC 2
8 14 (0.90%) GRC
9 11 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
10 10 (0.65%) NCSC
10 10 (0.65%) WCAG
11 8 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.26%) IFRS
14 3 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 3 (0.19%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.13%) SEPA
16 1 (0.065%) Data Quality
16 1 (0.065%) ISO 20022
16 1 (0.065%) SLA
System Software
1 451 (29.10%) Docker
2 16 (1.03%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.19%) Firmware
4 2 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.065%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 483 (31.16%) Kubernetes
2 295 (19.03%) Terraform
3 88 (5.68%) Ansible
3 88 (5.68%) Grafana
4 48 (3.10%) Prometheus
5 25 (1.61%) Argo
6 23 (1.48%) Kibana
7 15 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
8 13 (0.84%) Puppet
9 12 (0.77%) Cilium
10 8 (0.52%) HP Fortify
11 4 (0.26%) Packer
11 4 (0.26%) Podman
12 3 (0.19%) Istio
12 3 (0.19%) Rancher
13 2 (0.13%) MIIS
13 2 (0.13%) Nagios
13 2 (0.13%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 175 (11.29%) Microsoft
2 66 (4.26%) Google
3 50 (3.23%) Oracle
4 45 (2.90%) Typelevel
5 24 (1.55%) OpenAI
6 21 (1.35%) Splunk
7 20 (1.29%) Dynatrace
8 16 (1.03%) AppDynamics
9 14 (0.90%) IBM
10 13 (0.84%) Red Hat
11 10 (0.65%) Adobe
11 10 (0.65%) CrowdStrike
12 9 (0.58%) Guidewire
12 9 (0.58%) Salesforce
12 9 (0.58%) SendGrid
13 8 (0.52%) Cisco
13 8 (0.52%) ServiceNow
14 7 (0.45%) Databricks
14 7 (0.45%) HubSpot
15 6 (0.39%) Okta